At 22:10 11 October 2012, JohnDeRosa wrote:
On Wednesday, October 10, 2012 9:04:15 PM UTC-5, Uncle Fuzzy wrote:

"His charging system is a piece of lamp cord cut to a length that
delivers
his desired charge current."

Huh? The wire length limits the charge current? I may be dense but you
are going to have to explain this to me a bit more.

How else would you control current other than with an appropriate
length/size of wire? You can if you wish coil it and package it and call it
a resistor.